Summary
Gordon Stewart is an Associate Director leading Formalized Security within Riverside Research’s Secure and Resilient Systems group, bringing 11 years of experience at the intersection of formal methods, systems software, and security. Previously he led concurrency verification and engineering teams at BlueRock Security, delivering formal verification for large government customers and driving company-wide code quality initiatives. A former Princeton PhD and assistant professor, he bootstrapped a competitive research program, won grants, published at top venues, and mentored MS/PhD students while earning a teaching award. He combines deep academic rigor in formal methods and compilers with practical leadership in deploying verified systems at scale. Based in Boston, he blends research-first thinking with hands-on engineering management—often applying proof techniques to real-world concurrency and resilience problems.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
AB Classics, AB Classics at Harvard University
Washington and Lee University
PhD Computer Science, PhD Computer Science at Princeton University